Comments for Steve Cheseborough

Comment on Talent Is Overrated notes by Bruce Salem

Bruce Salem — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:43:20 +0000

Just an after thought on what I wrote above. The issue that is most glossed over in books written for business people about the people they manage is forming goals, and that relates to talent where goals were formed long before some business-types encounters someone whose abilities he may or may not call talent. It is because the business person does not recognize talent; he only sees a possible fit with HIS goals. And that is where Colvin’s idea falls apart. People become famous, or get recognition, or get hired, or get rich, NOT because they are talented, but because the average idiots in the world see value in what they do. The lesson of history is that most of whom we recognize from the past who have contributed to us with what we would call talent go unrecognized by their contemporaries and if we are to encourage that as a result the very last people whose judgement we ought to trust are results-driven business people. They don’t know anything; their word is not to be trusted at all.
It takes time for the truth to become visible and emphasis on short-term ROI is the last way to find out.

Comment on Talent Is Overrated notes by Bruce Salem

Bruce Salem — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:26:24 +0000

I just glanced at this book, it was mis-shelved in the computer section; it belongs in Business and Management, which is the main problem I have with its ideas. Aside from the fact that Colvin seems to completely misunderstand the magnitude of the achievement of an 11 year old Mozart to write seven symphonies and get the function of the Augmented Sixth Chord established, and that the message of concerted practice at anything is obvious, it is the audience the book is directed to that bothers me the most, the very goal-oriented results-driven who distract the people who work with them from creativity and the support it needs. It seems to me that the most important factor in talent is a zen quality to be single minded in attention to the craft and to not care or be distracted either by what others want or say, least of all the average idiot who manages others. America will revert to a second class power because of its focus on results rather than its encouragement of talent. The latter will find better soil elsewhere, and not in Asia, but in Europe where it thrives because of a better toleration and not a short term ROI, that spoils things here. Cheap and Chintz will not reward Patience.

Comment on Review of Blues Traveling, third edition by les_copeland@yahoo.com

les_copeland@yahoo.com — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:35:41 +0000

hi steve we met in duncan b.c. canada at longevity johns duncan garage showroom i played second guitar for honeyboy as well as doing a few songs with you,,,the reason that i am trying to contact you is that honeyboy is playing in greenwood mississippi at a blues festival on september 18 2010 and i would like to do the gig with him,,,would it be at all possible for you and i to do a short southern tour around that date ,,,i think you and i would tear it up hopefully you will recieve this message all the best to you steve,,,,oh yeah i just got my debut c,d. out on earwig records,,,honeyboy backs me on 2 tracks and michael frank backs me on 3 songs,,,betsie brown owner of blind racoon out of memphis is our publicist and there is a good review of it in the august 2010 40th anniversary edition out now,,,it is a very nice review,,,lets do some gigs all the best to you steve les copeland

Comment on Flying with your guitar by Lezioni di Chitarra

Lezioni di Chitarra — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:22:21 +0000

I met a guitar player who got his precious Gibson L4′s neck broken for taking the guitar on a plain. ever since – to my surprise – he flies around with a soft case. Good Tip!

Comment on Mother’s Best Music Festival by chezztone

chezztone — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:22:35 +0000

Sonia — Wayne Andrews helped start the festival but no longer is connected with it. Try calling Festival Director Terry Buckalew at the Delta Cultural Center in Helena. You can find the contact info easily on the center’s website. Good luck and have fun at the festival! SC

Comment on Mother’s Best Music Festival by Sonia A. Manconi

Sonia A. Manconi — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:19:46 +0000

I need to get in touch with Wayne Andrews coordinator of the mothers best. I own a new food cart. I would like Mr. Andrews to please contact me at sonmanco@aol.com. His website cannot take any e-mails. I do not know why they will not go through & need to know if I can work my cart at the festival. I work for the American Cancer Society. I can only whisper & cannot talk on phone, I do have a box I talk through in person.

Thank you for your response

Sincerely,

Sonia A. Manconi

Comment on Flying with your guitar by Nathaniel Monahan

Nathaniel Monahan — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:55:24 +0000

Thank you. This is very helpful and will ease the mind as I travel.

Comment on Flying with your guitar by Erik Wedsmark

Erik Wedsmark — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:23:10 +0000

Hey, just wanted to thank you for the advice (and the easing of my mind) about traveling witn my guitar. You´ve saved me the cost of a needless huge bulky hardcase

Comment on New CD; new book! by keith

keith — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:50:33 +0000

Why don’t you link to the CD Baby page that has the cd on it?

Comment on Review of Fetch It! from Il Blues, the Italian blues magazine by Paolo Sperotto

Paolo Sperotto — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:47:36 +0000

Hi Steve!

First of all great job about your experience and about this web site!
I’m italian, right now I’m living in Toronto and in teh next months I really would like have a trip in order to visit the “Bluesland”…in fact I’m bewitched about the Blues music and Blues world. I’m gonna buy your precious guide

In any case your translation is very good, great job!